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Overview

Use YouTube Transcript when you need transcript text from a public video. The endpoint returns the transcript plus available video metadata.

Endpoint

POST /api/v2/youtube_transcript

Quickstart

Request Parameters

Supported URL forms include:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
  • https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID

Response

Pricing

YouTube Transcript costs $0.003 per request.

Limitations

  • The video must be public.
  • The video must have captions/transcripts available.
  • Requested languages may not be available on every video.
  • Live streams may not have transcripts.

Errors

See Errors & Refunds for the shared error format.